socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. MindJolt offers up a broad catalog of casual and social games from its site.

Startup 178

Startup Tech Coast Angels Demand News 178

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. with the clips.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 31, 2012

This class is designed to teach you how to drive more traffic to your web site and increase sales, by using tools suited for anyone! What is Search Engine Optimization?

Search Engine Optimization 113

Search Engine Optimization Class Web Advertising 113

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. I really think MyShape has a great concept.

MyShape 150

MyShape CTO Coach Southern California CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Sites - There are a bunch of sites out there aimed at this or similar issues. Ask them about your concept.

CTO Hire 211

CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

Southern California--and particularly, Los Angeles--has always been a center of the music business, which makes it unsurprising that there are many, music-focused startups which end up starting here. I actually worked in the offline business world until Web 1.0. Where is the site now, in terms of launch?

Social Media 241

Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

In the world of many online television, movie, and video sites, scores of music streaming services, and other entertainment content, it''s often a difficult task to find what you really want to watch, listen to, or read. But, by the time you go to all of those sites, you have dozens of tabs open. It''s a very fractured process.

Entertainment 206

Entertainment Startup Southern California Netflix 206

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?"

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2010

One of the types of startups we see most of nowadays, are private sale, limited time bargain, and local group buying startups. What is the site all about? Albert Ko: At DealPerk, we cater toward Orange County, here in Southern California. I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college.

Orange County 170

Orange County Startup Sites Southern California 170

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Billy Fried: As an active person, with an active family and active friends, I've gone on vacation and searched around for things to do, or looked for things to do on a weekend here in SoCal. Online travel sites are great for getting you to the location, but they don't give you any good ideas for when you get there.

Activity 164

Activity Startup Sites Web 164

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. in sales last year, what he learned from his experience at TechStars, and where he's going with Fanmix. Alex Benzer: I'm actually building two startups.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others. One thing to make clear, StartupRoar is a jump off point.

Content 175

Content Startup Social Media IP 175

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2012

How to you better convert web visitors into customers? With Retention Science, what we're trying to do, is enable those e-commerce sites to profile every single individual customer, instead of putting them into clusters. For example, if you're a retailer like Banana Republic, you probably send out offers to your database.

Commerce 196

Commerce Platform Southern California Customer 196

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

You'll learn proven methods for getting web traffic and how to turn that traffic into sales. In this Forum, you'll get dependable techniques for measurably growing your site's audience. That's why you'll also learn how to make sure your site's hits also grow your sales. See [link] 0%0A.

Mixergy 100

Mixergy Sales Web Sites 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. He spent a number of years with another, Southern California bootstrap, Goldmine. We spoke with Gary Bishop, the firm's CEO, to learn more about the company.

Networking 214

Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world.

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. One of those he mentioned was Hark (www.hark.com), an online site which allows users to find and share sound bites and audio clips from movies and elsewhere. We're going out there, and harnessing that.

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Redpoint Startup Content .Net 201

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2012

And, how do programs like YouTube's recent push to help fund original content channels on the site helping? We have our own site, IBNSports.com, and we also work with partners schools to create a presence on the network. That's one component, a big portion, and that's why the deal with Google/YouTube is significant.

Content 212

Content Google Southern California Orange County 212

socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? MOviepilot is starting to bring its movie recommendations and discovery site to the U.S., and are now one of the largest media outlets for entertainment on the web and Facebook.

Startup 164

Startup Paramount Netflix Entertainment 164

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Johnson's latest effort is Lunch.com (www.lunch.com), a web site which takes the concepts behind VirtualTourist.com beyond travel, and into lots of other subjects. It was a local, SoCal company right here in Manhattan Beach. on the web, how do you hope to stand out? That's how we're differentiating the site.

Content 204

Content Startup Sites Manhattan Beach 204

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

Rob Kramer, the firm's CEO, tells us about the inspiration behind the site, as well as its recent launch of what it calls a cross between Craiglist and Pinterest. We have a very visual marketplace, that for the mobile and web, lets people show their closets, garages, homes, and stores. What is HipSwap? It's a good group.

Mobile 157

Mobile Los Angeles Web Southern California 157

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever. It really discouraged me, and frustrated me, and I thought--there has got to be a better way to do this--so I created FreedomSpeaks.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

As automotive web sites go, there are lots of review and information sites giving you information about new and used cars, magazines and information sites for auto enthusiasts, and discussion sites and groups for all kinds of cars. How long has the site been around, and when did it start? What is VroomGirls?

Truecar 204

Truecar Writing Edmunds Sites 204

SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Usability and user experience tests are an excellent way of discovering why your site is not performing like you thought it would. It is surprising to find out about what both web designers and marketers often miss, which are key ingredients of what your audience can see and not see on the website.

Case Study 100

Case Study Web Design Study Web 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Time will tell. Founded in 2007.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

The time has come for us to say goodbye SoCal (temporarily of course) and HELLO Austin! Make sure to checkout the updated SMCH3 site as they have tons of great info. . WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people. Trending topics are all the rage, Twitter, Google.

Stickam 71

Stickam Technical Review Draper SoCal 71

socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D. Robin's latest startup is Internships.com (www.internships.com), an online site focused on aggregating internship opportunities and providing resources to potential interns. How long has the site been up? Where's the marketplace?

Startup 223

Startup Content Sites CTO Coach 223

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. Jason is also behind the popular "Startups Uncensored" events in Los Angeles, so we also pinged him on how those events have been going. It's the eBay of professional documents.

Technical Review 171

Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2009

One of the big, open source successes in both Southern California and the software world was Gluecode Software , which was based in Los Angeles and acquired by IBM in 2005. Adam also had a stint at Mission Ventures, and ran worldwide sales for open source middleware at IBM. Where does Webtide fit into the software world?

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IBM IBM Mission Ventures Venture Capital 100

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

. “While most angel groups don’t post a list of members, they do publicize the companies they’ve funded on their websites,” says Richard Sudek, a member of Tech Coast Angels , a group in southern California whose members invested about $6.2 million in 2010. Recognize that investors come from unlikely places.

Tips 100

Tips Capital Tech Coast Angels Screening 100

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

Additionally, the site allows lawyers to market their legal services by sharing expert advice and engaging in discussion. andi also lets users share text, photos, videos, live panels, and soon even comprehensive queues consitsting of offline and online content in all of your popular social sites including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates. Tech support is sales. they have purchasing intent ).*. But the rates are high for a reason. Where Do You Fit?

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2009

Sean is looking to locate his startup in the area, so we sat down with Sean to learn more about the company's software, as well as what brought him to the Los Angeles area. We build web software that improves the ability of people to manage their networks. People can see a prototype at our web site, and videos of our prototype.

Networking 113

Networking Startup Social Network Software 113

SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

Mentions - Marc Andreessen's - The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet A Level 1 platform's apps run elsewhere, and call into the platform via a web services API to draw on data and services -- this is how Flickr does it. Stamps.com - two back-ends - mainline service vs. marketing site. Server and client in Java.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry. You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case.

Startup 211

Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. You’ll learn a lot more about the sector/industry. You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Luckily, some of the folks at TechEmpower just posted Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application. It’s well documented that response time has significant business impact: An ecommerce site that makes $100,000 per day could lose up to $2.5 million in sales every year for just a 1-second page delay.

Startup 150

Startup SEO CTO Coach Web 150